Making a Toy Caterpillar Automata

This is a toy that looks complicated and seems like it demands real precision to work at all but honestly, it's pretty straight forward and there is a bit of wiggle room in the measurements. (Wiggle... caterpillar... never mind.) The toy came together over several weekends of trial and error. Hubris...

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Is that a traffic cone on your gnome's head or is he just glad to see me?

In clearing off the digital camera I noticed some of my weirder projects from the last year or so and I just wanted to share some of the oddness. It is only semi-toy related but as I accelerate my journey from eclectic tinkerer through to eccentric old man, I feel it may be worth a post. In short...

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Organizing My Small Shop

Clean your room well; for good spirits will not live where there is dirt.  There is no dirt in heaven. (Attributed to Mother Ann of the Shakers.) I'm a slob. Always have been... always will be. (Attributed to Toy Making Dad of the Sitters Around) As a kid, Oscar Madison was pretty much...

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